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While Washington Denies Climate Change, Chicago Moves to Adapt
09/13/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York It’s a perverse irony, really. While those holding the highest offices in the nation climb…
Read MoreLike it for Good! makes it easy to turns social media activity into real-world actions.
09/13/2011Last week I wrote about a new and easy way to do something good for the world- Like it for Good!…
Read MorePro Surfer Kyle Thiermann, Jack Johnson, and Others on ‘Toxic Tumbleweeds’ and More Single-Use Plastics
09/13/2011by Sara Novak, Columbia, SC Plastic has most certainly been demonized over the past decade and with good reason. But even…
Read MoreZombies and vegans, together at last – Mother Nature Network
09/13/2011New novel by David Agranoff shows a world where meat-eaters become infected by a virus, turn into zombies, and go after…
Read MoreMaroon 5 Creates Snapple Flavor for Feeding America
09/13/2011Maroon 5 is at it again! The band just doesn’t seem to stop when it comes to helping others (and we…
Read MoreUsing National Parks as Climate Change Education Grounds
09/13/2011YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – On any given summer evening about 60 tourists gather in campground amphitheatres here for park ranger…
Read MoreWorld’s Biggest Canvas Recycled Into Reusable Bags
09/13/2011by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey After thousands of Lebanese left their handprints on a giant cloth last fall to break the…
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Levi’s Partners With Alice Waters, Sofia Coppola on Edible Schoolyard Tees
09/13/2011by Jasmin Malik Chua To celebrate 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse, Alice Water’s quintessential farm-to-fork restaurant, Levi Strauss is launching a…
Read MoreRetailer pulls one T-shirt over parental backlash but other insulting shirts still available for sale.
09/12/2011What were they thinking? J.C. Penney recently released a new lineup of girls’ T-shirts as part of its fall line that…
Read MoreBurning Man’s Green Complexion
09/12/2011By Heather King A week ago, the renowned Burning Man festival raged in the Black Rock desert of Nevada. More than…
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